This man created the comedic innkeeper Robin and his clownish friend Rafe, who dabble in basic magic. In another of his plays, the titular character tricks Mathias and Lodowick into dueling. This man opens one of his plays with a prologue parodying Machiavelli. He created a character who poisons his daughter Abigail for entering a convent and who traitorously allies with the Turks. That character is the merchant Barabbas, who is boiled to death in a cauldron. One of his other characters asks "was this the face that launched a thousand ships?" a
This man created the comedic innkeeper Robin and his clownish friend Rafe, who dabble in basic magic. In another of his plays, the titular character tricks Mathias and Lodowick into dueling. This man opens one of his plays with a prologue parodying Machiavelli. He created a character who poisons his daughter Abigail for entering a convent and who traitorously allies with the Turks. That character is the merchant Barabbas, who is boiled to death in a cauldron. One of his other characters asks "was this the face that launched a thousand ships?" and sells his soul to Mephistopheles. For 10 points, name this English playwright who wrote The Jew of Malta and Doctor Faustus.
This man created the comedic innkeeper Robin and his clownish friend Rafe, who dabble in basic magic.
Christopher Marlowe